Sighting device for guns



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G. T. SEGEE SIGHTING DEVICE FOR GUNS Filed April l 1925 Patented Aug. 24, 1926.

UNITED STATES GERARD T. SEGEEOF BEVER/E, MASSACHUSETTS.

SIG-HTING DEVICE FOR GUNS.

Application led April l, 1925. Serial' No. 19,810.

This invention relates to a sighting device for guns and more particularly to a device such as might be used on shot guns and rifles.

It is an object of the invention to produce a simple and inexpensive sighting device which may be readily applied to or removed from a gun, and comprising a plurality of sights, each of which differs from its neighbor in character, and each of which is spaced from its neighbor, a distance determined by the length of the gun barrel and the degree of angularity required of the gun barrel with respect to certain of the sights to attain the results desired.

It is a further object of the invention to so arrange certain of the sights for long range shooting at passing objects that by their use an automatic compensation is made for distance and travel of the object, whether in flight or on the ground, thereby eliminating the element of guess and inaccuracy which heretofore existed in gun sights known to be used.

Other objects of the invention will be fully understood from a description of the drawings and claim hereinafter given.

Of the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a shot gun having the invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged section on the line 2 2 Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view of the sight removed from the gun.

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic top plan View of a gun barrel with the invention applied thereto showing the angles of sight with respect to said barrel.

Figure 5 is a side view of Figure 4 in diagram, showing the angles of sight with respect to the gun barrel.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 showing the line of sight when the peep sight is used.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the sight removed from the gun.

Like characters represent like parts throughout the several figures of the drawin s.

gIhe drawings herewith illustrate the invention in one of the many forms in which it may be used, and it will be understood that changes might be made in the construction and arrangement without departing from its spirit and scope.

rlhe gun 10 is herein shown as a doublebarrelled shot gun having the multiple rear or breech sight 11 applied thereto, and having the usual muzzle sight 12.

The rear or breech sight 11 is preferably made of a stilip metal and is attachable to the gun by a band or other elastic means 13, and as certain of the sights are laterally spaced a distance which is determined by the length of the gun, barrel, the said sight 11 is intended to be definitely positioned thereon by guide marks on the barrel if desired.

In the present instance the device 11 is provided with combined peep and bead sights 14 and 15 respectively, the bead sight 15 being of especial benefit when shooting at rising or oncoming objects. The open sights 16 and 17 are intended for use when shooting at objects passing to the right and left respectively, and when said objects are within a range which does not require elevation or depression of gun barrel to bring the object within the shot pattern.

The bead siOhts 18 and 19 are arranged for use when shooting at objects passing to the right and left respectively, and when,

said objects are beyond the range the sights 16 and 17 are set for and up to the approximate limit of effective shooting of the gun.

It will be noted that the several sights are arranged so that one may not be easily mistaken for another even when rapid action is required, as, for instance, when an object is passing from left to right and at a distance which does not require either elevation or depression of O'un b-arrel, the user will instinctively use the open sight 17 in conjunction with the muzzle sight 12 which will cause the gun barrel to assume an angle with the line of sight as indicated by dotted lines 2() and 21 of Figure 4.

This condition will cause the gun barrel to be pointed in advance of the object, and suiiiciently so, that when the shot pattern has reached the line of travel of the object, the said object will simultaneously enter the pattern and al hit results.

When it is known that a passing object is beyond the range of the sight line just referred to, or is approximately at the limit of effective shooting, the user will instinctively use the sight 19 in conjunction with the sight 12, for objects passing to the right, which action will cause the gun barrel to assume an angle with the line of sight as indicated by the dotted lines 22 and 21 see Figure 4, which condition will compensate for lateral travel of the object, and will cause the gun barrel to assume an angle with the line ot' sight as indicated by the dotted lines 24e and 25, see Figure 5, which condition will compensate for the trajectory of the shot and enable the pattern thereot` to arrive at the line of travel of the object and simultaneously therewith.

The angle represented by the dotted lines 2G and 25 shows the line of sight when bead sight l is used in conjunction with sight l2 ior rising or oncoming objects.

lt is not known that a device having a plurality of breech sights thereon has ever been used, wherein certain of the sights had ditl'erent characteristics than others, and wherein certain oiE the sights were arranged to both compensate for traverse of a passing object and the trajectory ol the shot.

Having' described the invention I claim:

A sighting device arranged to be positioned a predetermined distance from a gun muzzle and having a middle sight arranged as both a peep and bead sight; open sights arranged one each side of' said middle sight and arranged equidistant from said middle sight and with their sighting surfaces in a plane With the peep sighting surface oi said middle sight; and a bead sight each side of said middle sight and equidistant therefrom and arranged in a plane higher than said open sights; lllll'elns to detachably mount said device on agun. 1

Signecbbvne"atBoston, Mass. this 30th day of March 1925.

GERARD T. SEGEE. 

